At the end of the program participants will be able to:

• respect the importance of culture, history and politics and their role in shaping development in the Ethiopian context;
• understand the history, philosophy and practice of a complex development organisations such as REST in the local, national and international contexts;
• identify some core elements of community development practice, and observe how these are operationalised in the field;
• understand some practice skills associated with development goals such as participation, empowerment and capacity building;
• demonstrate how the learnings from the program can be applied in the Australian context.

The program is not designed to train people for overseas work. It will give participants an analysis of development issues and community building techniques in real life settings and inspiration to work for change on your return home.